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Upon the faith of the general Laws of Society, and imagining Myself in the King's Dominions, I Yesterday did Myself the Pleasure to spend the Evening with some Gentlemen of your Town, when to my great Surprize I was informed that some of your People intended to attack and insult me; Conscious to Myself, I never gave any Cause of Offence to any Person, and that it must be my Office they meant to insult I therefore think it my duty to enquire of You, whether it is War or Peace, or whether I can have the Countenance and Protection of You and the Laws, as my behaviour and Character entitle me to, I have the Honor to be with great respect [&c.]